The Rare ospC Allele L of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto, Commonly Found among Samples Collected in a Coastal Plain Area of the Southeastern United States, Is Associated with Ixodes affinis Ticks and Local Rodent Hosts Peromyscus gossypinus and Sigmodon hispidus | Zendy

Nataliia Rudenko | Zendy; Maryna Golovchenko | Zendy; Libor Grubhoffer | Zendy; James H. Oliver | Zendy

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The Rare ospC Allele L of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto, Commonly Found among Samples Collected in a Coastal Plain Area of the Southeastern United States, Is Associated with Ixodes affinis Ticks and Local Rodent Hosts Peromyscus gossypinus and Sigmodon hispidus

Author(s) -

Nataliia Rudenko,

Maryna Golovchenko,

Libor Grubhoffer,

James H. Oliver

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.03362-12

Subject(s) - coastal plain , sigmodon hispidus , peromyscus , sensu stricto , borrelia burgdorferi , tick , biology , ixodes scapularis , sensu , ecology , zoology , ixodidae , genetics , antibody , genus

The rareospC allele L was detected in 30% ofBorrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains cultured from a tick species,Ixodes affinis , and two rodent host species,Peromyscus gossypinus andSigmodon hispidus , collected in a coastal plain area of Georgia and South Carolina, in the southeastern United States.

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